Last 12 months one of many massive developments at tech commerce reveals was what we dubbed “the War on Cables,” new designs for desktop PCs and parts that helped you route energy and knowledge cables out of sight for a super-clean construct. Only a number of of these merchandise truly made it out by the point that 2023 wrapped up, however at CES 2024, Maingear is doubling down on that concept. The firm is partnering with each part maker MSI and case maker Phanteks on the brand new “MG-RC” (rear connection) system, which just about universally routes inside cabling to the rear of a case.

In two new desktop designs, the Maingear Zero Drop and the Maingear NV9 Zero idea, the corporate is that includes MSI’s Project Zero motherboards. These reverse-mount energy and knowledge connections at particular factors on the motherboard, which mixed with specially-placed cutouts on the motherboard mount, let you entry practically each energy and knowledge cable from the rear or underside of the case. The Zero Drop makes use of the MSI B760M Project Zero motherboard whereas the NV9 Zero has the Z790 Project Zero board.

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Press photographs showcase the Zero Drop with an all-white MSI MAG Pano M1000 PZ case with a wrap-around window, exhibiting the Project Zero motherboard and its insanely clear inside. Only coolant tubes going from the CPU cooler to the radiator and a single energy rail sneaking up from the PSU bay to the GPU present any form of cabling in any respect — all the pieces else, from the fan cables to the entrance panel connections, is hidden. The Zero Drop will probably be obtainable in restricted portions beginning on January twenty fourth.

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The NV9 Zero is an analogous construct, this time in all-black in a extra available Phanteks NV9 case, a favourite for system builders who love exhibiting off inside parts because of its energy provide bay hidden behind and above the motherboard, making method for big arrays of followers and radiators on the highest, backside, rear, and again aspect. This construct is much more clear, although MainGear needs you to concentrate to the LCD show mounted to the rear of the case, simply behind the exhaust followers.

The NV9 Zero Concept, regardless of the title, will probably be bought to players in a personalized construct within the first quarter of 2024.